The Tory leadership race is in full swing and will decide who becomes the next Prime Minister to replace Boris Johnson.
Under the system used to elect the leader of the Conservative Party, MPs vote for their preferred candidates in successive rounds of voting, with the person with the least support eliminated each time.
When only two remain, the finalists are presented to the entire membership for a final vote, after which a winner will emerge.
Therefore, it is extremely important who the MPs support in the race.
Here’s the latest on who’s backing which declared candidate, along with the bookies’ latest win odds as of this writing.
Rishi Sunak – 101 votes in second round, 56 supporters, odds 7/2
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak has by far the most MP nominations of any Tory leadership candidate
(Jonathan Brady/PA)
MPs who have declared their support include: Mark Harper, Jacob Young, Angela Richardson, John Glenn, Laura Trott, Mark Spencer, Paul Maynard, Robert Jenrick, Claire Coutinho, Liam Fox, Oliver Dowden, Mel Stride, Sir Bob Neill, Andrew Murison , Bim Afolami, Louis French, Simon Jupp, Simon Hoare, Kevin Hollinrake, Faye Jones, Peter Gibson, Helen Whatley, Maria Caulfield, Craig Williams, James Cartledge, Robert Goodwill, Simon Hart, Gareth Davies, Siobhan Bailey, Anthony Browne, Greg Hands, Ruth Edwards, Gary Streeter, Alex Chalk, Laura Faris, Victoria Prentice, Dominic Raab, Lucy Fraser, Gillian Keegan, Grant Shapps, Matt Hancock, James Wild, Rebecca Poe, Steve Barclay, Helen Whatley, Alan Cairns, Stephen Crabb, Chris Skidmore, Mark Menzies, Andrew Jones, Simon Baines, Sir Gavin Williamson, Michael Ellis, Theresa Villiers, Nigel Huddleston
Penny Mordaunt – 83 second round votes, 34 backers, odds 11/10
Penny Mordaunt is the bookies favourite
(Jacob King/Pennsylvania)
MPs who have declared their support include: John Lamont, Nicola Richards, Michael Fabricant, Kieran Mullen, Alicia Kearns, Craig Treacy, Robbie Moore, Harriet Baldwin, Caroline Ansell, George Freeman, Derek Thomas, Elliot Colburn, Damian Collins, Maria Miller, Andrea Leadsom, Theo Clarke, James Sunderland, Duncan Baker, James Gray, Caroline Dinnenage, Sarah Atherton, Kate Griffiths, Bob Seeley, David Davies, Alberto Costa, John Baron, John Penrose, James Davies, Jerome Mayhew, Sir Mike Penning, Mims Davies, Jill Mortimer, Trudy Harrison, Luke Evans.
Liz Truss – 64 votes in the second round, 24 supporters, odds 5/2
Supporters of Liz Truss have called on the right to rally behind the foreign secretary
(AFP/Getty)
Alec Sherbrooke, Deena Davison, Wendy Morton, Vicky Ford, Jackie Doyle-Pryce, Julian Knight, Rob Butler, Chloe Smith, Dean Russell, Marcus Fish, Darren Henry, Ranil Jayawardena, Simon Clarke, Terese Coffey, Quasi Kwarteng, James Cleverley, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorris, Mark Pritchard
Kemi Badenoch – 49 votes in second round, 23 supporters, odds 29/1
Kemi Badenoch fared better than big names like Nadhim Zahaoui
(UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA)
Lee Rowley, Lee Anderson, Eddie Hughes, Julia Lopez, Tom Hunt, Ben Bradley, Justin Tomlinson, Gareth Bacon, Caroline Johnson, Andrew Luer, Neil O’Brien, Michael Gove, Leo Doherty, Alex Burghart
Tom Tugendhat – 32 second round votes, 22 backers, odds 119/1
Tom Tugendhat was hoping to get more support as the field dwindled
(PA)
Damian Green, Aaron Bell, Jake Berry, Paul Holmes, Karen Bradley, John Stevenson, Robert Largan, Stephen Hammond, Robert Sims, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Mark Logan, Anne Marie Morris, Chris Green, Nicky Aiken, Damien Moore, Mark Posey , James Daly, Joe Gideon, Neil Hudson, Ben Spencer
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